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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: National gendarmerie units

Article R15-23

The categories of national gendarmerie units within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties and whose jurisdiction extends to the area of responsibility of one or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: National gendarmerie units

Article R15-22

The services or units of the national gendarmerie within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties and whose jurisdiction extends to the whole of the national terri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: National gendarmerie units

Article R15-25

…erie to changes in security issues, departments, units or categories of units within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties may be created on an experimental bas…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: National gendarmerie units

Article R15-24

The categories of national gendarmerie units within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties and whose jurisdiction extends to the jurisdiction of a department, an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds.

Article R214-202

Unless otherwise stipulated and with the exception of articles R. 214-32-16 to R. 214-32-42, articles R. 214-32-9 to D. 214-33 apply to funds covered by this sub-paragraph.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Ministerial exemptions

Article R3132-21-1

…for in article L. 3132-24 are defined by an order of the ministers responsible for labour, tourism and trade. II.-For the application of the provisions of article L. 3132-24, the following criteria a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Assessors

Article 249

The assessors are chosen either from among the councillors of the court of appeal, or from among the presidents, vice-presidents, or judges within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal.The first pre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Assessors

Article 251

…from attending during the session, they are replaced by order of the president of the assize court and chosen from among the judges of the court of appeal or of the tribunal, seat of the assize court…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Assessors

Article 250

The assessors are appointed by order of the First President.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Assessors

Article 248

There are two assessors. However, they may be joined by one or more additional assessors if the duration or importance of the session makes this necessary. The additional assessors sit at the hearings…

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